How do you reason on the "meaning of life"? Do you have scriptures to back that up?
2007-03-15 03:30:42 · 23 answers · asked by Roxie J Squared 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Could I respectfully suggest that you get a book called 'The Purpose Driven Life' by Rick Warren.
It is set out in chapters that are just the right size for reading one each day and lasts for 40 days.
It addresses most of if not all the questions you might have on this subject.
JB
2007-03-15 03:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by J B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are actually asking two different questions:
1. What is the purpose of life?
2. What is the meaning of life?
By way of example -- if I hold up an empty water balloon and ask you what it's purpose is, the most basic answer is 'water transportation via aerial mode.' That's all the purpose is -- it is a reason for existing. If it is sitting on a shelf in a store, it has that purpose, if it's in my hand filled and ready to go, it has that purpose.
Meaning, however, is something that is ascribed to an object. I fill such a balloon with water so that I can tag my mother during the next family reunion summer-fun party. That is now its meaning -- joy and playfulness. It did not have that meaning on the store shelf. There, at the store, its meaning was profit -- the owner of the store hoped someone would buy it and thus the owner would make profit off it.
So to go back to your questions -- what is the purpose of life? It has none. To have a purpose means that an intelligent being must have created it. Purpose is an intended direction, a best-suited direction, and life has no creator nor an intended direction. Life is inherantly purposeless.
What is the meaning of life? Because we are self-aware, even in acknowledging the purposelessness of life, we can ascribe a meaning to it. For many people, this meaning is little more than that they hope to live day by day. Some people make religion their meaning, others knowledge, others intentionally make hate or cruelty their meaning -- no one said all meaning has to be good. It just gives us a reason to wake up in the morning and defy our purposelessness.
2007-03-15 10:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of my life is to attain fulfillment spiritually. I consider and know that this mundane life has no reality beyond certain limits whereas spirituality is everlasting and meaningful since it leads to perfection. Somehow I feel I lack satisfaction in this mundane existence besides eating, sleeping and dreaming. Even the so called material accumulations lose their sheen in the long run. There is unfulfilled vacuum inside which I could not fill it with material possession or by leading a family life. All are selfish to some extent or other. Every thing in this world is bartering. Even with God we want to negotiate to get things of our likings. We have seen from history that great empires have perished leaving some archaeological evidence only . Then why should we struggle to procure these perishable things. Why not we acquire things of lasting value such as peace and love. Hence it would be nice to aim after lasting peace even if we fail rather than to opt for this mirage called earthly pleasures. nagarajan.
2007-03-15 10:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by nagarajan s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of my life is to live out God's plan for me. I can't change his will, but when I use my free will to stray from it, it doesn't work.
Jeremiah 29:11
2007-03-15 10:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scripture is a creation of man.
The "purpose" of life, in my faith, is to learn the lessons we've come here to learn. We die, evaluate, and experience life again.
That's the idea, but I won't know for certain until I die.
2007-03-15 10:37:50 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To love God and other people.
One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
"The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil."
2007-03-15 10:44:26 · answer #6 · answered by Bill Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." What is the purpose of life? Love, for if you love you fulfill all commandments of God. My purpose is to love, God and others, that is why I must spread the truth, that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, He is the Son of God, and He died for you and me, for our sins, and if you repent of your sins (that is turn away from your wrongdoings) and place your full faith and trust in Jesus Christ then you will be saved.
2007-03-15 10:39:09 · answer #7 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is life itself. I have 2 kids so I have doubled the chances for my DNA to live on.
2007-03-15 10:33:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
>How do you reason on the "meaning of life"?
I don't. I'm content not knowing. It's great being at peace with life.
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2007-03-15 10:43:37 · answer #9 · answered by TLG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Made in the image and likeness of God should give you an indication-to become who you are, the living presence of Jesus Christ. To achieve that it is necessary to know love and serve God and love your neighbour as yourself and this cannot be done if you are enslaved to sin for Jesus came to set us free from that death.
2007-03-15 10:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋